Overgod: This will probably be my final post on the Tata Steel 2015 tournament. All I wanted to add is a thumbs up to Wei Yi, whose games I finally had a chance to look over a few days ago. Needless to say, I am very impressed by this young kid.

He's a little tactical monster. I don't think he will ever get to 2800 or be a real threat to Carlsen (but then again, how many prodigies have we seen come and go and not quite get there?), but I am almost certain he is going to be a regular top 10 player in about 2-3 years. He'll probably be another Karjakin or Radjabov or Nakamura, rather than Caruana, Giri or Carlsen.

But still, he's damn impressive -- especially at such a tender age.

I hesitate to mention So, because he could be either 2800+ in a couple of years, or stabilize around 2750-2800. It's too early to tell with him.

achieve: Wei Yi is technically and positionally already far advanced, so doubting his potential based on those qualities is quite a mistake, yet there are many many other factors that influence a career that still may be vulnerable in casu <Wei> because of a number of cultural/social factors; hard to predict/tell. Might be compensated by a number of advantages, but how will those weigh, currently and especially in the near future.

Everett: <patzer2> Interesting. Just for the record, I was just curious, had a feeling there wouldn't be a correlation in some areas. It would be interesting if income inequality is shown to be negative in creative/freedom indexes, but that does not seem to bear out.

You're missing the point.
You keep quoting groups with the same political agenda, that is promoting neoliberal policies (reading between the lines: pushing american interests).
Unsurprisingly, their criteria for creativity and freedom go hand in hand with the evaluated country's willingness to be economically colonized (or "freedom with the murricun stick").
Equally unsurprising is that they quote each other and call each other authoritative.

<Freedom House is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights>

Oh!

<The organization is directed by David J. Kramer, former head of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the United States Department of State.>

Oh oh!

<Using the World Bank Gini measurement of income inequality>

Oh oh oh!

<Countries which have greater political freedom and economic freedom tend to have greater creativity and wealth.

However, these wealthier countries have a wide disparity in income equality.

However, the USA which also ranks high on economic freedom, political freedom and creativity has relatively high income inequality.>

bulibug: <pinoy king: Overgod, you are clueless. So is breaking 2800 this year and going to catch up to Magnus.>

Really he is clueless, I agree wholeheartedly...speaks volume about his rapid and blitz rating since he has none to show for....twas all created by a foggy state of mind. Whatever he was smoking, I don't want to know....

lainulo: <Have you finished your crayon drawings yet? Have you reached 1200 Blitz yet? Get back to work, Glenny.>

i reached over 1900 in standard game. I'll be following sallysimpson's advise and will not be indulging in blitz play as you suggested as being detrimental to my long game.

in the meantime, behold my most recent gem of a game reminiscent of my Wesley So's attacking and sacrificial play.

As a young player, his aggressive and tactical style of play caught the attention of former Philippine chess champion, International Master Rodolfo Tan Cardoso. Cardoso said,
"The young lad...would sacrifice a queen or any other pieces in his arsenal to get a winning attack."

mkrk17: So nice to see so many youngsters capable of dethroning the king, who himself is a youngster. Chess is up for great times, with Magnus as champion and Fab, Giri, So, Wei-yi etc with great potential.

If anything at all, this is a success of the many many tournaments being played around the world and the power of the internet to transmit games live. The contenders are no longer Russians are east Europeans for that matter.

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